Interest In Literacy

These results already show us that younger Americans read on rare occasions and older Americans read more often, but these occasions are still seldom. This decrease in interest in reading has only lowered as technology has grown. The more technology we have, the less interest we show in reading for pleasure and for gaining knowledge. With more research and studies they showed respondents ages 16-29 are less likely than adults 30 and older to say they read for pleasure; 76% of those younger than 30 read for this reason, compared with 81% of adults 30 and older. Obviously looking at these studies shows that interest in reading has decreased over time. This same group of researchers looked into what the younger readers enjoyed about reading their most common answer was to learn, gain knowledge, and uncovering information. Some of the other respondents said they enjoyed escaping …show more content…
All of the studies that PewInternet has done on this subject have shown that using print books has become less and less common in our everyday lives. This change in our society has caused a change in our minds in how we comprehend information and paper texts. Continuing with our advancements PewInternet wanted to look toward the future so they asked respondents about E-book usage in the future. The responses ranged from an advanced system with multiple options to making a way that E-readers and E-books borrowable. “E-books are the future of libraries…”(Looking to the future par 4). Even though many people love the use of E-books and E-readers some have stated that they would be upset if print books were gotten rid of completely.
Dean Andrew Dillon, a University professor, said “the way online content is formatted leads to breaks in attention span, which can then make it more difficult to return to extended texts, such as